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  • UK 1964-79 - Domestic problems under the Labour and Conservative Governments

      20th Century British History
    In this podcast Professor Keith Laybourn of the University of Huddersfield discusses the key reasons for the growing domestic problems under the Labour and Conservative Governments 1964-79 and looks at the effectiveness of their response.
    UK 1964-79 - Domestic problems under the Labour and Conservative Governments
  • UK 1945-64 - Post War Consensus and the Welfare State

      20th Century British History
    In this podcast Professor Keith Laybourn of the University of Huddersfield looks at the period 1945-64. What were the key forces that led to the welfare state and the post war consensuses? To what extent did this consensus transform the lives of British people?
    UK 1945-64 - Post War Consensus and the Welfare State
  • Britain and the domestic impact of World War II

      20th Century British History
    In this podcast Dr Dan Todman of Queen Mary, University of London takes a chronological look at Britain's involvement in World War 2 and examines the domestic impact it had.
    Britain and the domestic impact of World War II
  • Problems in the UK during the 1920s and 30s

      20th Century British History
    In this podcast Professor Keith Laybourn of the University of Huddersfield examines the key social, political and economic problems of the 1920s and 30s.
    Problems in the UK during the 1920s and 30s
  • Domestic impact of World War I

      20th Century British History
    In this podcast Professor Richard Grayson of Goldsmiths, University of London, looks at the domestic impact of World War I on the U.K.
    Domestic impact of World War I
  • The Chartists

      The History of Democracy in Britain
    In this podcast Professor Eric Evans examines the development of the Chartist movement and its legacy.
    The Chartists
  • Early British Radicals

      The History of Democracy in Britain
    In this podcast Professor Eric Evans looks at the early British radicals from Thomas Paine and Mary Wollenstoncraft to the Peterloo Massacre and the Reform Crisis.
    Early British Radicals
  • Virtual Branch Recording: Vagabonds versus the Mendicity Society

      Article
    Red Lion Square was long one of London's most genteel addresses, home to nobles, scholars, and professionals. But on 25 March 1818, one house on the south side opened its doors to quite another class of person, as the Mendicity Society began its business. Set up to solve the growing...
    Virtual Branch Recording: Vagabonds versus the Mendicity Society
  • Votes for Women

      Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
    In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students examine the campaign for women’s suffrage in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This includes videos looking at why the suffrage campaign started in the 1860s; introductions to the main suffrage organisations, their leaders and...
    Votes for Women
  • Workers’ Rights and Trade Unions

      Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
    In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students look at the development of trade unionism and workers’ rights in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The playlist includes videos examining the Tolpuddle Martyrs, New Unionism, the London Dock Strike and the Match Girls’ Strike...
    Workers’ Rights and Trade Unions
  • Nineteenth Century Social Reform

      Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
    In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students explore nineteenth century social reform and its effect in changing, gradually, the role of the state. This includes videos looking at the New Poor Law, Factory and Education Acts and the campaign to repeal the...
    Nineteenth Century Social Reform
  • Reforming Parliament

      Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
    In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students examine the campaign and steps taken in the nineteenth century to reform Parliament. This playlist starts by asking what was wrong with Parliament before the Great Reform Act, before going on to look at the...
    Reforming Parliament
  • Chartism and the Anti-Corn Law League

      Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
    In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students examine two of the most important reform movements of the early nineteenth century: Chartism and the Anti-Corn Law League, contrasting their tactics, leadership and success. The playlist also contains a number of readings of Chartist...
    Chartism and the Anti-Corn Law League
  • Abolition of Slavery

      Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
    In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students examine the campaigns to abolish both the slave trade and slavery itself, including a number of actor readings of pamphlets and speeches that help illustrate key arguments made by abolitionists and defenders of slavery. The...
    Abolition of Slavery
  • Peterloo

      Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
    In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students explore the Peterloo Massacre, looking at its origins, outcome and longer term historical significance. The playlist also contains 18 dramatised primary sources drawn from The National Archives and the Parliamentary Archives. These are designed to...
    Peterloo
  • Radical Protest in the Nineteenth Century

      Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
    In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students explore the history of radicalism in the nineteenth century, including the Spa Fields Riots, the Pentrich Uprising, Luddism, the Swing Riots and the March of the Blanketeers. The playlist also provides an overview of key...
    Radical Protest in the Nineteenth Century
  • Britain in the Age of Revolutions

      Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
    In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students explore British responses to the American and French Revolutions. This playlist includes videos looking at the origins of the American Revolution; specific questions like ‘Why didn’t French-Canadians join the revolution?; and actor readings of key...
    Britain in the Age of Revolutions
  • Recorded webinar series: Jane Austen and Georgian England

      Multipage Article
    Join us for a journey through Georgian history, literature and society – all from the comfort of your own home. Celebrating the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, this rich, interdisciplinary webinar series from the Historical Association delves into the vibrant world of the Georgians through the lens of one of...
    Recorded webinar series: Jane Austen and Georgian England
  • Film: Acts of Union and Disunion

      An Interview with Linda Colley
    Professor Linda Colley CBE, FBA, FRSL, FRHistS is a British Historian and a Fellow of the Historical Association. At the start of 2014 she wrote and presented a BBC Radio 4 series about the Acts of Union and Disunion, now a book. Over the summer she came into the HA...
    Film: Acts of Union and Disunion
  • Recorded webinar: Exploring representations and attitudes to disability across history

      Webinar
    This webinar was presented by Richard Rieser, who is a campaigner and champion for disability rights and the coordinator of UK Disability History Month. His presentation is part of our ongoing work to explore disability history and the arguments and representations of it and ensure that people from disability groups...
    Recorded webinar: Exploring representations and attitudes to disability across history
  • Petitioning the House of Commons, 1780–1918

      Petitions, Parliament and Political Culture
    In this podcast Professor Richard Huzzey and Dr Henry Miller of the University of Durham discuss their research project on 'Re-thinking petitions, Parliament, and people in the long nineteenth century'. During this project they analysed records of 1 million public petitions to the House of Commons in the period 1780-1918 - and...
    Petitioning the House of Commons, 1780–1918
  • Espionage in the 20th and 21st centuries

      Podcast
    In this podcast Trevor Barnes looks at the development of global intelligence and security services from their early origins to the present day. He examines at the role these services had during the two World Wars, the signficance of espionage in the development of the Cold War and the importance and...
    Espionage in the 20th and 21st centuries
  • Magna Carta today

      Podcast
    In this podcast Professor Justin Fisher discusses why Magna Carta is still significant today.
    Magna Carta today
  • Artisans and the craft economy in Scotland c.1780-1914

      Podcast
    In this podcast Professor Stana Nenadic  looks at Artisans and the craft economy in Scotland c.1780-1914 and the impact of the Industrial Revolution.
    Artisans and the craft economy in Scotland c.1780-1914
  • The Scottish Textile and Craft Industries

      Podcast
    In this set of podcasts Professor Stana Nenadic of the University of Edinburgh discusses the Scottish textile industry, the craft and artisan economy in Scotland and the impact of the Industrial Revolution.
    The Scottish Textile and Craft Industries